Show I Ii A Vision 0 0 of Fortune r e. e Ilk BY MARCUS Republican I r dare Bare Special It Service Co COP Copyright rf ht 19 1907 J say sW Is el very splendid original said Bryan J. J and at his friends friend's looking latest r picture upon m my word i It t looks But to tho to world wOld like me for tor all a strip of ot wall mildew mildewed ed edthe j jest ct papering Pray what I Is the sub sub- sub sub- Cairns throw r a away his ci rose e. e t and Oh 01 Oh Its It's n a study In color clIle ho he c said ald sl You nevi never r did know no w the tho merest alphabet t of art But you'd Out call It it ft Id call it m It m well m-well well Id I'd 1 call it a seashore lI lighted by a n storm stormy sunset whistled Cairns and h ho he were both bolh and perhaps for that reason artists could never ne agree on the subject to them dearest Cairns knew this and anti to t turn rn the conversation he went to a no table and look took u up 1 an aft open n letter which there lay Ive had hal this from flom m my Cousin George In Rio Hlo lies lie's utterly cleaned out again ond and wants more help I r wouldn't give him a nether another farthing fai thing said l' l lIeP y Hes lies n ah always s 's hg begging ing yon u to help him Well hes he's my my first cousin you know 0 after aftel all Were We're i.- i. both Geor George o vin a U us both ns-both named after that old undo uncle of or ours our who went to California and has made mado a huge fortune fortune for for- tune there ther lie u used c I to ga say that his father r had lint once had the cool sour courage ego o t 0 10 tell teU undo Uncle George Georgo ilea hed ch cheated e ate l both hoth his Ills brothers In ii the distribution of tho the family inheritance P Perhaps he didn't said l Kelley e ley mu musingly We Ve somehoW never get et on nowa nowa- days We c e need only talk tall with whir one shin tier five fI minutes to tied ourselves es fighting like Uke cat and dog Cairns said this to hi his partner portner In an nn easy dreamy way ay several se hours hoots later later lat lat- er amid the music and babble of a ball Tie lie looked very handsome thou though h a n aShe i trifle worried nn and fatI fatigued She was very wi winsome with the I most delightful wild rose coloring Her name was Mary Rochester she was vas very rich courted with a position that hundreds of her own sex envied I I Will you dance And Ill I'll t tell n von you p while were we're dancing just just how you jou o wrung TUnS' my soul souls souL p- p Im so angry that I wouldn't rc remarked remarked re- re marked s Rochester if Jf you ou didn't dance remarkably welL elL velL Youre wasting time scandal scandal- your cushy she said as they glided along alon the floor Youve got rin an an idea that you OU can paint in a It new astonishing fashion fas You cau caught ht It from some of those artists you OU saw last lait year rear In Paris You did dill some really good work worl I before beCore re that If you'd ou g gone on being befog industrious and sincere in your our own line of a accomplishments and not ed cd into all sorts of oC lazy habits you ou J. J ml might 1 Do spare me me entreated Cairns II lie e had his revenge an nn instant later lat lat- er cr lIe He paused in the dance with the themo mo most t genial bow and placed his partner partner partner part part- ner just at the side o of u a certain ower whose attentions attention he knew Miss b Rochester ster almost loathed This was perhaps wiry why Mary lIar found r herself comparing Cairns so favorably favorably favor favor- ably with her row partner and think think- thinking l r ing In what a worthy worth young oung rn man an he ho was vas t J after nil all J Then n Cairns returned to o his stu studio stud io 1 1 after or the danco Banco a letter Jetter caught his r ey c c. c Another dunning screed I r sup sup- pose The envelope en gave a spiteful 1 t-as t as ho he tore tore open it out yet yd Your 10 fire hasn't gone George g said d I I see c. c some someji ji there and 1 I know where you ou C Keep p your our wood I. I Bryan r c i Cairns had caught his friends friend's s 's r 41 wrist With the other disengaged f hand he lifted a a. letter leller high so that the two lit fresh-lit gas burners could strike il It Read Rea he said Read what came camo the hate halt dazed 1 reply That That that Uncle Georges George's dead an and hes he's left me two millions millions There Thero can be no mistake Read at his Next ext evening he appeared club It chanced chance that only a few of oC his Ills Intimate friends wore wor present thou though h the big rooms were somewhat crowded l. l The rhe e men whom he l knew new well shoo shook hands with him and sail said aid cordially cordially cordi- cordi That was all ally congratulatory things S all in the proper cour course of or affairs affair but i soon Roon chall ho he had evidence c of t striking 4 change e. e Men len who IE 1 to had forgotten f for or weeks e bow to him came cam a up and genially g his hand d hat a what worM world J a n he 1 the thA eo cogitated 11 While step stepping NW n Into no m a cab cao ai at 1 club i door dOOl Im fIrm im learning a le lesson In Iii human nature that might turn an nn angel into n a satyr lt r Well veil ell anyhow anyhow theres there's i one ono nut human iman an being I hell believe eve in and tomorrow Ill I'll go and tell her herme that Im I'm able l to Q ask her If lf shell she'll 11 marry 1 me me lint But on the morrow P he was confronted con con- fronted b by bitter dl disappointment Mary Rochester resolved him with Ic icy repose e. e Tho idea said MId she of your hav hn In ing all that mon motley It will wilt rut rt l you vou ou George Youre You're not fit for It IU Thanks Thanks Thanks-thanks thanks awfully You You know Im I'm right she protested protest protest- ed ed her agitation pricking through her r coldness s. s What 11 hat on en earth will wilt you ou ever er do with all that mone money except be horribly extravagant and nd foolish with it lt Cairns ral raised d hl his eyes eyeR Would you OU call It foil folly ho lie said Id Jt if IC if I asked a you to be my wife That was the a first thing I thou thought ht of when i the news of oC m my altered luck list hall fully dawned upon me 1 i I Her lIm face flushed and then paled a aI I 1 didn't want to a ask k you before tL he lie went on on because e I felt that people peo peo- plo 1110 would call crall me mo a fortune T. r Ive I've been horribly fond of you OU for or over O two years and I supposed you jou might have havo sr spell en it Youre You're rich ilch you jou ou C know arid and I didn't want want She broke in with a JI light ht curt laugh So now that thal you ou can make mrtle people Y think I take you for your mone money you are perfectly willing to ask me But how about m mj my feelings s as regards hat what people will say m narel Rarely made an angry IY b by nn any event ent J habituated to 01 many nil gs as n. ashe 1 he hf was wont to call them from this girl whom in jn his hits odd placid way he inestimably treasured Cairns now felt his choler l' l rl rise else c and l kindle Oh then then good morning he sal said ald more moie sternly b by far Car than she had ever ha heard tl him speak Good morning and bye good Good bye Good b c she echoed and with rI the perverse cruelty that some women I can show when tho tiro dictates of caprice TJ i grow ro rostron stron stronger el than those of fair fair- mindedness she let her voice ico cuttingly cutting cutting- I J ly Iy sa say just as he clo crossed sed the threshold threshold thres thres- hold of her room Purse e proud alread already A fine be- be be be- J JJ ginning J He lie not only heard tho the words but 1 J i they dealt him a rankling wound J But he lie had not time to lice heed their taunting Iteration For on rc reaching r home homo he found another letter The name of his new lawyers lawyers lawyers-Atterbury Atterbury Chalmbers C Wentworth was was ed od on the flap of or the envelope f Hang Bang it it he murmured I r I hope opo thc they dont don't want me mo down there again today tollay B By this time he had torn open the I envelope and unfolded two formidable pages of typewriting He lie sank lazily Into his favorite fa arm chair chuh and began to read On a sudden he gave a alow J 1 low lo pained cry 0 0 0 0 Ive knocked three times limos George lle a good while r afterward said Bryan Blan q quite afterward and got no answer answel So I concluded to tr try the tho door whether It it was locked to or I not ot Why how 2 pale I you roll are arc What's Phat's happened T This said lId Cairns Seated Inertly J In the armchair he handed Ills his friend th the Ule e lawyers lawyers' letter l' l Bryan ran ei c c over the thc first f page e Whew hew h ho lie ejaculated Then he submitted the tho second Im page o to a similar process I t George George This Is too terrible terrible ter ter- t ible Its Us a hl big knock-down knock said T Cairns rising nn and stretching hi his his limbs but I 1 suppose Ive I've got ot to stand It Those e idiots ne needn't ha have havo ft taken k 1 me for the other George cairns in to toRio i iRio Rio if IC f their wits hadn t i been wool wout 1 gathering They admit them themselves cl J that the name Hattie specified In the will of 1 the late Inte George Cairns was all the while the name of oC the tho son of oC Ralph Cairns his oldest brother I wasn't c ever r mentioned The whole two U mil roll million million lion are left leU to Rio Janeiro George and not to your humble friend In I II recompense for Cor a a. great wrong which I once dl did m my brother Ralph read the document I will and bequeath to and so forth his Ills only son George And the they had that full quotation out o of the tho document sent ent them al and l. l yet s they committed this blun blunder er Wen Well J fIni finished hell Cairns with a bleak lau laugh h that somehow ended melodiously I 1 Ive I've got not to stand it suppose I J Kelley Ketley went up to him bun and wrung J his hand I think you are standing i L Lit it magnificently magnIficent 1 should go crazy All the while he was thinking of oC r her and wondering whether she had I felt Celt sorry orr in the really right and genc generous gen gen- en- en rr c moos erous had entirely led fled He Ire Ills IUs anger never could stay tay angry very ery long Ir Irany loo too l' l replete one ono one his hits nature was waH an any with loving kindness for or that And nd I I when a short note came to him hint in handwriting bidding bIdding- him hint drop rOI In hl that afternoon between bet 4 and B G G. G he ho kl kissed It It and shed It Il and smiled a little over several le tears over O It and mul ole obeyed ed its rather lather unsympathetic tic summons Mary Rochester when the they met him him her het han hand Ho pressed It In gave silence disuse and as os she aho withdrew U It le burst out lou laughing George Im I'm awfully SOrl sorry she sheH said H Really I I-I I I thought you'd be glad Glad h Why what T do 0 you rou take talc metot me tot COl for He lie hesitated and then answered i in in For the o hi his innocent amiable way th L charming charmin woman in the world must most mu H He lie saw w h her l c eyes es clo close e. e her lips quiver cr And AmI you site she he suddenly exclaimed are the mu must moM t aggravating ex exasperating u In ing angel angel There and h he She swept away awny from Crom him him followed her and slipped J 1 m t l front of oC that she wo weeping her hl and saw wap Oh Mary Ian he falton faltered you you arc are for tor me I t sorry I I insulted d dou She h caught ht his hb han han- hand you ou th the other day I 1 ought to lo ha hate ha e myself self been bet been ashamed of i he ventured In n Look out Ito now r dont don't solemn remonstrance You mean that Youre You're youre you're youre you're giving biting yourself our df away You'll re regret it afterward afterward after after- scold ward Im I'm afraid and then you'll me like e fury If 1 I ever er remind you ou that you ou wild slid it IV that She wheeled full Cull around so him with all the street s she grace race oC of her tearful eyes eres g George Ceorge I want to lo give m myself away I- I fiats That's why I 1 wrote write to you ou to come I want to give Ive myself awa away to you IU all George c v iti I h the other I I with those two millions 1 of happiness RetIe Ret Ret- that night to B Bryan Brian said Cairns I I dont don't want them bunt any an anymore marc Ie ley know fon l out them theta you ou had I felt that thal Ity I anti antl or so eb 80 ty four tv-four four hours of good out of oC sot got rot a 1 vast ll wll do w et-do-w that lint ne r u I only them as tu will be able to 80 say mina cousin of ot much o- o r 1 V. 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